scaph1opus

[ Pref.scaphio-, and Gr. pous =a foot.] Zool.: A genus of Pelobatidae (q. v.), with eight species, from North America and Mexico. Fingers generally with a rudiment of web; toes webbed; tips of digits not dilated. scăph-i-rhynchus, s. [ Pref.scaphi ( o )-, and Gr. rhyngchos a snout.] Ichthy.: Shovel-head; a genus of Acipenseridae, with four species; one ( Scaphirhynchus platyrhyn chus) from the Mi i ippi and its affluents, and three others from Central Asia. Snout spatulate; tail entirely enveloped by horny scutes; no spiracles. This genus affords a striking instance of the close affinity of the fauna of North America to that of the north of Asia.